> On my home network I observed that when I turned a Windows XP host off a Windows 7 host declared that it lost access to the Samba service hosted from a Solaris 10 system. It was then able to reconnect to the Samba service on that Solaris 10 system even though the Windows XP host remained turned off.
> It is a problem that Windows uses random hosts on the network as directory servers and then blames the problem on the host which is actually serving up the data (as if that host was lost) if that random directory server goes away. > This behavior seems like it would make dignosing issues more difficult. If you are using samba then there is configuration you can add to stop your problem in the smb.conf file, you can increase the os level to 99 just to make sure. [global] domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes os level = 65 The inbuilt kernel CIFS server only does file sharing and therefore cannot be a master browser hence your windows 7 machine will be it. The solution it to either, 1) live with the problem. 2) use samba instead. 3) run a virtual machine on the Solaris system to be the browser master. John _______________________________________________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly confidential and are solely for the person(s) at the e-mail address(es) above. If you are not an addressee, you may not disclose, distribute, copy or use this e-mail, and we request that you send an e-mail to ad...@stirling-dynamics.com and delete this e-mail. Stirling Dynamics Ltd. accepts no legal liability for the contents of this e-mail including any errors, interception or interference, as internet communications are not secure. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Stirling Dynamics Ltd. Registered In England No. 2092114 Registered Office: 26 Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 4HG VAT no. GB 464 6551 29 _______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses MessageLabs. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
